Videos That Teach 2 Another 75 Scenes from Popular Films to Spark Discussion

Videos That Teach 2: Another 75 Scenes from Popular Films to Spark Discussion Copyright © 2002 by Doug Fields and Eddie James Youth Specialties Books, 300 S. Pierce St., El Cajon, CA 92020, are published by Zondervan, 5300 Patterson Ave. S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49530. Published in association with the literary agency of Alive Communications, Inc., 7680 Goddard St., Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80920. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fields, Doug, 1962- Videos that teach 2 : another 75 scenes from popular films to spark discussion / Doug Fields and Eddie James. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN-10: 0-310-23818-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-310-23818-8 1. Motion pictures in Christian education. 2. Christian eduction of teenagers. I. Title: Videos that teach two. II. James, Eddie. III. Title. BV1535.4 .F55 2002 268'.67-dc21 2001039099 Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version (North American Edition). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Web site addresses listed in this book are current at the time of publication. Please contact Youth Specialties by e-mail (YS@YouthSpecialties.com) or by postal mail (Youth Specialties, Product Department, 300 South Pierce Street, El Cajon, CA 92020) to report URLs that are not operational and to suggest alternate URLs if available. Edited by Laura Gross and Vicki Newby Illustrations by Kyle White Cover and interior design by DesignPoint, Inc. Printed in the United States of America 28 Days Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) is a party girl who masks her pain by abusing alcohol and popping pills. After Gwen ruins her sister's wedding reception and destroys a front porch with a stolen limousine, the court makes her face reality by ordering her into a substance abuse treatment center. She only has 28 days to get herself cleaned up or she faces a prison sentence. She wastes the first week by keeping to herself and believing she can control her problem if she really wants to. Gwen's counselor (Steve Buscemi) is speaking about his past addictions. He describes how being sober between highs didn't feel very good-his skin screamed, his hands shook, and his stomach threatened to jump out of his throat. Now Gwen is fighting these same withdrawal symptoms by climbing out her third-story window to retrieve a bottle of pills she threw out earlier. What starts as a quick fix ends in added physical suffering when Gwen injures her leg and can't take painkillers. comedy/drama, PG-13 (about 3 minutes) Start / 0:27:36 / "Are you coming?" Stop / 0:30:55 / "This is a way to die." How do you handle life's tough situations? Do you face them head on, or will you do anything to avoid dealing with them? John 10:10; Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 5:18 Why do people start drinking or using drugs? Why do some people continue to abuse alcohol and drugs when they're aware of the consequences? Other than abusing alcohol and drugs, what kinds of destructive behaviors do people engage in? Sometimes we find ourselves living a lifestyle we can't escape, even when we want to. What are some ways to break free? Sometimes people we care about are involved in dangerous situations and they don't know how to escape. Maybe they don't even realize how destructive their lifestyles are. How can we help them? addiction, substanFields, Doug is the author of 'Videos That Teach 2 Another 75 Scenes from Popular Films to Spark Discussion', published 2002 under ISBN 9780310238188 and ISBN 0310238188.